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CVE-2019-18397
published 2019-11-13

CVE-2019-18397: A buffer overflow in the fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels_ex() function in lib/fribidi-bidi.c of GNU FriBidi through 1.0.7 allows an attacker to cause a denial…

PriorityP337high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
2.18%
80.3th percentile
A buffer overflow in the fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels_ex() function in lib/fribidi-bidi.c of GNU FriBidi through 1.0.7 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code by delivering crafted text content to a user, when this content is then rendered by an application that uses FriBidi for text layout calculations. Examples include any GNOME or GTK+ based application that uses Pango for text layout, as this internally uses FriBidi for bidirectional text layout. For example, the attacker can construct a crafted text file to be opened in GEdit, or a crafted IRC message to be viewed in HexChat.

Affected

10 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiandebian_linux
debiandebian_linux
debiandebian_linux
debianfribidi< fribidi 1.0.7-1.1 (bookworm)fribidi 1.0.7-1.1 (bookworm)
gnufribidi>= 0 < 1.0.7-1.11.0.7-1.1
gnufribidi>= 0 < 1.0.7-1.11.0.7-1.1
gnufribidi>= 0 < 1.0.7-1.11.0.7-1.1
gnufribidi>= 0 < 1.0.7-1.11.0.7-1.1
gnufribidi1.0.0 – 1.0.7
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.15.0-46.494.15.0-46.49

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
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